Karsten Bolding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: KB> As user kbk - logged in via xdm - on orca. KB> xhost + KB> access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
You realize that this is a Really Bad Idea (TM), right? KB> As user lene (also on orca) KB> setenv DISPLAY orca:0 KB> xterm KB> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: orca:0 Are you running woody? The X in woody disables TCP connections directly to the X server; this seems reasonable, since most people I know either never use remove X or only use X forwarding over SSH (which doesn't need the random TCP socket open). Try using a local display, like :0.0, instead. (And don't use xhost. Really. It's a massive security hole. If you must, 'xhost +localhost' is probably sufficient for your case. A shared xauth cookie is even better, though.) -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mit.edu/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell
